A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President of the United States.
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Jan 5, 1981)
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States, and the District of Columbia shall elect the President and Vice President. Requires each elector to cast a single vote for two persons who shall have consented to the joining of their names as candidates for the offices of President and Vice President.
Requires the electors of President and Vice President in each State to have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature, except that for electors of President and Vice President, the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive residence qualifications and for electors of President and Vice President the Congress may establish uniform residence qualifications.
Provides that: (1) the pair of persons having the greatest number of votes for President and Vice President shall be elected, if such number is at least 40 percent of the whole number of votes cast; and (2) if no pair of persons has such number, a runoff election shall be held in which the choice of President and Vice President shall be made from the two pairs of persons who received the highest numbers of votes.
Requires the days for such elections to be determined by Congress and to be uniform throughout the United States. Requires Congress to prescribe by law the time, place, and manner in which the results for such elections shall be ascertained and declared.
Allows Congress to provide for the case of the death, inability, or withdrawal of any candidate for President or Vice President before a President and Vice President have been elected, and for the case of the death of both the President-elect and Vice President-elect.
What just happenedJun 23, 1982
Committee on Judiciary received executive comment from Office of the Attorney General.
Who’s behind it
- Jun 23, 1982Committee
Committee on Judiciary received executive comment from Office of the Attorney General.
Judiciary Committee - Feb 12, 1981Committee
Committee on Judiciary requested executive comment from Office of the Attorney General.
Judiciary Committee - Feb 5, 1981Committee
Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution.
Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights Subcommittee - Jan 5, 1981IntroReferral
Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - Jan 5, 1981IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate